Monday, December 10, 2012

On the road again. . .

What an incredible opportunity to be a stop on the Art Bead Love Tour...now, it's YOUR turn! Please make sure to read the entire post as there are requirements for entering, and you need to make sure you meet them. First a little background info and pictures of my swaps, then an explanation on how it works, and FINALLY how to enter!

WINNER WILL BE DRAWN ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16TH AT NOON.

A huge thank you to all who had the chain before me that placed such gorgeous handmade baubles, bead, & other curiosities on it for me to choose from!!

Here's the Scoop:The Art Bead
Love Tour is an ongoing project to spread the love of handmade to new and
exciting places.It's a way to reach
people who may have never stumbled upon your blog on their own, and give them a
chance to share the love of handmade. A
chain was chosen to link beads as a symbol of how this project links us all
together ~ in our unity to stand behind handmade.

The winner of the chain will be
allowed to take up to 30 beads from this chain. They will then replace each
bead they took with another handmade bead, charm or pendant of equal quality. (So remember-----You're not
winning the ENTIRE CHAIN---just a chance to take some beads from it!)

It is so important
that the quality of the beads be maintained, so we can keep the Art Bead Love
Tour alive. We want to share consistent
quality with the next winner. If you
make your own handmade beads or components, it's a great way to get your beads
into the world for people to try them out, or, if you hoard collect art
beads it's a great way to share your collection and get some new additions as
well.

Art Beads should be
handmade by an artist, and not mass produced,such as Hill Tribe Silver beads
or others like them.

Remember, the focus
is on replacing handmade with handmade, and beads/components taken should be
replaced with beads/components that are made by an individual artist - not an
organization.

1. The winner of
the chain will be allowed to take up to 30 beads from this chain. They will then replace each bead they took
with another handmade bead, charm, or pendant of equal quality.

2. The winner will
post pictures of what was taken and what was added, in order to keep an
account of the chain's progress and to keep our followers drooling. Please be sure to give credit to the bead
artists as well (if you know them).

3. The winner will
then have a giveaway, just like this one, to keep passing the chain on and
on. Rules can be copied and pasted from
here.

4. When you repost
your giveaway (remember you can copy and paste from here) - a list should be
added to show where the chain has gone, with links to each previous blog.Ultimately, this will end up a very long
list!

5. Chain must be
shipped to its new home via Priority Small Flat Rate box with delivery
confirmation. Please package it carefully.

6. There will be a
button on the Love My Art
Jewelry website that links to the current blog and giveaway, so if
you have the chain it will link to your blog.That way our followers can have another chance to win it!

7. You MUST
exchange your beads and have your giveaway completed within two weeks of
receiving the chain.

Please, please,
please, if you cannot adhere to the above rules, do not enter the giveaway at
this time. It will go on and on and you can always enter at a later date.There will be a button on the side bar of our blogso that you can track where the chain currently is.

HOW TO ENTER:

1. You must have
an active blog to enter.

2. Leave a comment
below.Make sure your email is
linked to your blog or leave it in the comment. Entries without emails will not qualify.

3. Share on
Facebook, Twitter or your blog for extra chances to win. Leave a comment for each way you share, with a
link if possible.

4. Winner will pay
shipping and will be billed through PayPal.Package to be shipped via small
priority flat rate box with delivery confirmation, $6.00.

5. Open only to our
readers in the United States due to problems with tracking and shipping
overseas (sorry).

I'm always excited to see this chain and love seeing what people choose to keep for themselves and what they choose to add to the chain. This time Mimi choose to keep a bezel pendant(#4)and a small bead I made(#8). Thanks! http://elaineray.blogspot.com/2012/12/art-bead-love-tour.html

I noticed your pendant in a picture of the chain, Elaine, and knew that if I won it had to be mine. It was the first one I snatche! :D The small bead was a perfect match to the little flower as well. Beautiful work!!